My 65 gallon tank has a little torch garden about halfway up my rockwork where I expected to be getting medium light.
Once I finally checked the lighting with a PAR meter I realized by SPS area was only 200 PAR in the center area and 300 in the other two zones. The problem is that the Torch garden is at 250 PAR.
I read that the range for torches was 100-250 PAR and I would like to increase the PAR in my SPS zones so that peak areas hit 400+ but most areas are 250-350.
I don't want to move the Torch garden since it's in a great spot aesthetically and has the right flow.
Have others had success keeping torches in very high PAR normally recommended for SPS?
Once I finally checked the lighting with a PAR meter I realized by SPS area was only 200 PAR in the center area and 300 in the other two zones. The problem is that the Torch garden is at 250 PAR.
I read that the range for torches was 100-250 PAR and I would like to increase the PAR in my SPS zones so that peak areas hit 400+ but most areas are 250-350.
I don't want to move the Torch garden since it's in a great spot aesthetically and has the right flow.
Have others had success keeping torches in very high PAR normally recommended for SPS?